Giga Designs Also Announces 1.7 GHz G4 CPU Upgrades, Singles and Duals

Hot on the heels of the Sonnet announcement, Giga Designs also announced 1.7 GHz G4 CPU upgrades for Power Mac G4 models including the G4 Cube. The upgrades use the latest Freescale (ex Moto) G4 TM 7447A processors. They are rated at 1.6 GHz but can be clocked to 1.7 or 1.73 GHz. The single CPUs run $499 and the duals for Power Mac G4 towers only run $699 and they will be available this month according to the press release. [Bill Fox]